The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-18

elected the Rev. B. F. Wilson as their pas
tor. After visiting Birmingham and re-
ceiving an offer there that was very Halter
ing he has concluded to accept the Spartan
burg offer. He will begin his pastoral
| duties at once
At Mount Carmel day or two ago Capt:
S. q. Mcdaniel, a conductor, lately married
to young lady of Laurens, attempted 10
kidnap the child of his former wife, and was
confronted by the child's mother and a con-
stable. The gay conductor was put in irons
before the two victims TO his charms.
At Chester the election to decide the ques-
tion Of subscribing S25,0 900 to the capltal
stock of the Georgia, Carolina and North-
| ern Railroad Company was held Friday AL
an early hour of the day it was evident that
the advocates of subscription had won the
fight. They carried the election by an over
whelming majority.
The question of erecting a public hall IN
| Summerville for amusement purposes mas
been revived. The most favored plan IS 10
form a stock company to build hall, using
for the purpose an acre lot which was gwen
| by the South Carolina Railway Company
some years ago to what is known as the
! Summerville Association.
Gov. Richardson has refused to further
| commute the sentence of Press thompson
! (colored), who was convicted at the October
! term of court 1888, for Spartanburg county
of burglary and was sentenced by Judge
Hudson to life Imprisonment, and whose
sentence was in July, 1886, committed oS
Gov. Thompson to five years imprisonment
The Governor has received from A. Lou
don Snowden, of Philadelphia, marshal OF
| the Constitutional Centennial, a request
that he appoint a committee to stimulate
the representation of the industries OF South
| Carolina in the great civic and industrial
| procession which is to be a feature or the
centennial Gov. Richardson will hardly
do this, as it is improbable that the people
are in a position to represent their industries
! in such way.
The State Teachers Association held its
annual meeting at Columbus on July II ID
and IA. Resolutions were adopted petition
ing the Legislature to fix the salaries of
teachers in order that these salaries may be
according to the grade, not color. Resolu-
| tions were also adopted, petitioning the Leg
| islature for a normal institute. The follow
ing officers were elected: Peter Flynn Oil
yer, President; n S. Shelton, First Vice
President; Miss Eugenia Thompson, Second
| Vice PRESIDENT G. w. Clinton, Third Vice
President; j. e. Wallace, Secretary; I. j.
Gregory, Treasurer.
On the streets at Columbus Friday the
| temperature was almost uncomfortable. At
z O'Clock the heat rendered further sleep i'm
possible. The mercury went up the tube In
a relentless manner A report was started
from the Sheriff's office that an accident had
| happened to the Thermometer on the street
in front of DR.. Jacksons, the top of the tube
having been pushed out and that the mer-
| curry was running up the sign-post. This
was found to be slightly exaggerated, how
ever as the thermometer mentioned has
very high registering capacity, and the
mercury had only reached a hundred and
forty odd degrees in the sun.
"The Southern Improvement Company"
| filed their application for a charter with the
secretary of State Monday. The company
consists of Messrs E. Willis, Henry f.
Young, NJ. Council, E. R. White of Charles
| ton; T. W. Woodward, of Rockton, and l..
| A. Ransom, of Columbia The principal
place of business will be at Charleston with
| agencies at any other desirable points. The
amount of capital stock will be $4,000 in
shares of $40 each, this sum to be from
| time to time increased according to
law, but not to exceed 100000. The
nature of the business of the
| company will be: 1.-THE buying of lands for
| stock raising, pasturing, resale for profit,
| or on commission, or any other purpose;
and further, the business of mining and
| manufacturing any ores, metals or minerals
or any other product found in or upon said
| lands. and for such purpose, or any other
purpose, to erect buildings and machinery
| needful for smelling, manufacturing and
| treating ores, metals and minerals, and for
| the production of fabrics manufactured
| from wood, stone, granite, metal, wool,
hemp or other materials" The charter will
also grant the company the right to i'm
prove its lands for sale or otherwise, to lay
out and establish towns and villages on
| their lands and to use any and all proper
means for inducing and bringing immi-
grants into the State.
The sinking fund commission met at Col
lumbia Tuesday. The only business of i'm
portance before the board was the consider
| alton of bids for the purchase of the Owen
daw and Wythewood tracts of land in
Berkeley county. There were only two bids re-
ceived, and two closer bids were never made.
| One of these was made 10y Mr.. Samuel
Langley as president of the Berkeley County
Land and Stock Company. His bid was 35
cents per acre for the unsold portions of the
Owendaw and Wythewood tracts, amount
ing to l5,6SO19 acres, the bid. being accom-
| panied by a cash deposit of 81 ,375, the
! balance of 81, l13 to be paid in six months
with per cent. interest from date
of sale. The second bidder was C. Ed
| Salinas of Charleston, who bid 35c per
| acre. and sent as his earnest check for
| 81 $50 Mr.. Salinas made no statement as
| to whether he proposed to be a cash pur-
chaser or not, and as this information could
| ilOJ bt tSCtI DD Jlle DOdIu, anu US
earnest of Mr.. Salinas was $50 below the
one-fourth required to be deposited. the sale
| of these two valuable tracts of~land was
made to the Berkeley Land and Stock Com
pany. This company was the first to make
any proposition to the State for the pur-
chase of these lands Its first offer was 25c.
| per acre, but the commission decided to ad
vertise the lands and give every one
chance to bid. The commission have made
for the State by this delay over $500.
This tract of over 1900 acres of land is
not forfeited land but was bought by the
| State for hard cash at several times the
price it was sold for to-day, but the pros
poets of ever making more advantageous
sale were poor and the commission decided
that it would be best TO sell the land at a
low figure to some individual or company
who would improve it and make its taxable
value very large. The new owners will
| convert this immense tract into a cattle
ranch, for which purpose it is admirably
adapted. The plantations have water COM
munication with Charleston via Owendaw
creek. Some of the finest rice, cotton and
timber lands in the State are also included
i'll this tract For years it has been the
habitation Of the alligator, the opossum.
| the ''coon" and other wild animals. The
negro squatter has cultivated small patches
! of rice, and when the State has ascertained
! his whereabouts he has paid two or three
bushels Of rice per acre rent.